Kuhns, Vera Mae Martin (1926-2003)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2003 Sep 8 p. 12

Birth date: 1926 Apr 3

text of obituary:

VERA MAE KUHNS

Vera Mae Kuhns, 77, of Harrisonburg, Va., died July 25, 2003. She was born April 3, 1926, at Greencastle, Pa., the daughter of David L. and Rhoda Diller Martin.

She was past president of the Menno Haven Retirement Community Auxiliary Board in Chambersburg, Pa., and past president of Mennonite Women at Cedar Grove Mennonite Church, Greencastle, Pa., and at Park View Mennonite Church. She was a member of the World Treasures Founding Board in Hagerstown, Md., and a member of the Associates of Servanthood at Eastern Mennonite University from 1980-83. She was known for her beautiful wedding cakes, quilts and food preparation. She moved to Harrisonburg with her husband in 1980. She was a homemaker and a member of Park View Mennonite Church.

She is survived by her husband, Harold Daniel Kuhns; a son, Dennis Kuhns of Mount Pleasant, Iowa; four daughters, Gloria Swartzendruber and Brenda Maust, both of Pigeon, Mich., Loretta Helmuth of Harrisonburg and Pamela Risser of Greencastle, Pa.; three brothers, Nelson Martin of Chambersburg, Pa., Elwood Martin of State Line, Pa., and Warren Martin of Mercersburg, Pa.; four sisters, Isabelle Bumbaugh of Maugansville, Md., and Lovina Bear, Wilma Martin and Elva Stauffer, all of Greencastle, Pa.; 15 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Funeral was at Park View Mennonite Church. Burial was at Cedar Grove Mennonite Church Cemetery at Greencastle, Pa.